“Legacy of Love: A servant’s quest”

“Legacy of Love: A servants quest” by Yamuna Dasi and Malati Manjari Dasi
This book about Srimati Hladini Devi Dasi was given to me by a dear friend and I’m truly grateful as this book is hard to come by and provides so much inspiration for anyone practicing bhakti yoga, but especially for [...]

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Quote from Master Cheng Yen

The obligation of a Sramanerika, a novice nun, is to bend her back and offer it as a stepping stone for those traveling from darkness to enlightenment.
And once she becomes a Bhiksuni, a nun, she will stop loving only a few people and start loving all the living beings, and she will also move from [...]

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Final quotes from the Mahabharata

Prayers of Queen Kunti
As Krishna departed for Dwaraka to visit his parents, friends and relatives. Queen Kunti stood by the side of his chariot with folded palms and offered prayers.
“O Krishna, you are the original personality, unaffected by anything in this material world. You exist within and without, yet you are invisible to [...]

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Quotes from the Mahabharata 17

Bhishma prays to Krishna before he departs
“Let me now invest my thinking, feeling and willing, which were so long engaged in different subjects and occupational duties, in the all powerful Lord Krishna. He is always self-satisfied: but sometimes, being the leader of the devotees he enjoys transcendental pleasure by coming to the material world- [...]

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Quotes from the Mahabharata 16

Bhishma
Krishna told the Pandavas how Bhishma had formerly been Dyau, the leader of the Vasus. By Vasishtha’s curse, whom the Vasus had offended, they had been obliged to take birth on earth. Although the rishi had granted that they could soon return to heaven, he ordered that Dyau remain on earth for some [...]

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Master vs Servant

A couple of weeks ago, I picked up a book called “Master of Love and Mercy: Cheng Yen”. A Buddhist nun from Taiwan, she founded the Tzu Chi foundation that performs many humanitarian works. She has relieved many millions of people from their material suffering and was nominated for the Nobel peace prize.
Actually I [...]

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Quotes from the Mahabharata 15

Seeking refuge in Krishna
After the battle of Kurukshetra was over, the Sraddha ceremony for the departed souls was performed, but Bhishma had still not departed and continued to lie on the bed of arrows as he waited for the sun to move towards the north.
Yudhistira went to consult with Krishna and found Krishna deep in [...]

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Quotes from the Mahabharata 14

Duty of a householder
A man who gives up his duty is condemned and defeated. On the other hand, one who performs his duty only because it ought to be done, and who lives on the remnants of sacrifice after he has made offerings to the Supreme and to kinsmen, ancestors, gods and guests- that [...]

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Quotes from the Mahabharata 13

Krishna cursed by Gandhari
Gandhari was the wife of Drhitarashtra. From the day of their wedding she had covered her eyes with a blindfold so she would not be superior to her blind husband. Due to this and other austerities she had performed, Gandhari had accumulated a lot of ascetic power. Because Bhima [...]

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Quotes from the Mahabharata 12

Lord Shiva appears on the battlefield.
“When they reached their encampment, the Pandavas saw that Vyasadev had arrived. Arjuna got down from his chariot and went over to the sage. Bowing and touching his feet, he said, “O all-opulent one, I have seen something today which inspired me with great wonder. As I [...]

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